The Nobel Prize-winning author Ngugi wa Thiong'o has insisted rightfully that "Children are the future of any society," adding, "If you want to maim the…
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Representing a "fundamental shift in how presidential campaigns are funded in the United States," so-called shadow campaigns are already dominating the 2016 election cycle, according…
Right now, the financial world is focused on the breathtaking stock market crash in China, but don’t forget to keep an eye on what is…
Many of you must have experienced something like this: you and a companion go into a restaurant and, over a good meal, would like to…
It’s coming to you, roughly packaged, crudely thought out, and, we hope, incompetently executed. The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is just about done and dusted,…
EDINBURGH — Private, for-profit schools in Africa funded by the World Bank and U.S. venture capitalists have been criticized by more than 100 organizations who’ve…
*This is an edited version of my latest Counterpunch Magazine column.* We are living in a world gone through the looking glass when the most…
Journalist, investigative reporter Nick Bryant has been writing on the plight of disadvantaged children for over a decade. His writings have appeared in professional publications…
The siege of Knightsbridge is both an emblem of gross injustice and a gruelling farce. For three years, a police cordon around the Ecuadorean embassy…
On today's show, Will America Go Dark on GMO Labeling? Listen to Dave Murphy and Lisa Stokke, co-founders of Food Democracy Now! [embed]http://connectthedots.podbean.com/mf/web/76gkha/ConnectTheDots_072915.mp3[/embed] Download this…
Even before the upcoming August recess on Capitol Hill, the dogs of war, unleashed by remote control from Tel Aviv, predictably are trying to tear…
When is medicine absolutely necessary when treating psychiatric disorders? What do the officer who arrested Sandra Bland for not signaling and Bill Cosby have in…